North Korea faces ‘severe’ drought, according to state media
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Natural disasters such as drought tend to have an outsized impact on the isolated country because of its weak infrastructure and economy.
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A North Korean village in 2016. Elizabeth Salmon, the U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in North Korea, said in February that food shortages are already a key concern in the isolated country. | REUTERS
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